Following half a year of planning and preparation, the 2011 Edinburgh Festival and Fringe was our biggest and most successful ever. Over the month-long event, which took place in August, we supplied thousands of pieces of equipment, including 627 miles of cabling and 22.7 tons of staging. We also achieved a 100% product satisfaction record - with no calls received on our 24hr emergency help line.

“This has been an exciting year for us as we have consolidated our working arrangements with some of Edinburgh’s biggest venues and also joined forces with some exciting new names,” says Head of Company Development, Phil Haldane, who explains that planning for the event started in February. “This was definitely the largest festival for us, so far, in terms of the volume of kit and number of venues served. We were therefore delighted that everything we sent out worked perfectly and our help line went unused.”

Among the highlights of our Fringe was the supply and delivery of all the lighting and staging used by the Pleasance, which had multiple theatre spaces up and running during the festival. We also supplied all staging to C Venues, which promoted 200 shows by more than 120 companies - the largest programme of theatre on the Fringe. Both of these companies are our long-standing Fringe partners; another was Edinburgh’s Dance Base for whom we supplied a full package of technical equipment and support.

“The inventory of stock we supplied to the Festival and Fringe makes you realize what a giant event it is and how well set up we are to supply what our clients need, often at the last minute!” says Stephen Reid, Head of Hires and Events. Stephen’s team supplied equipment that included 400 + profiles, 300+ Fresnel, 200 parcans, 350 floods, 125 moving lights and 1500 ways of dimming. “We didn’t just supply equipment though,” Stephen adds. “We also supplied technical support and helped our clients programme, install and operate the equipment they hired.”

Showing the diversity of clients we helped, we also supported and sponsored Grid Iron’s performance of What Remains. In addition we supplied equipment to the British Council, the Just the Tonic comedy showcase and the Edinburgh University Student’s Association, amongst others.